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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1944
Page
9
Real estate ad lists heated 8 room Rogers St home for 3000 dollars and 6 room Gilmer St home for 3650 dollars with other not listed properties. Augusta 9500 dollar two room heated home on Carolina Ave and a 6700 dollar room heated home on College Ave. Contact J. S. Hall & Co at 8910 L. & C. Building.
Multiple property advertisements offer 32 acre and 100 acre farms near Bluefield with outbuildings water and power. Listings include eight room house, barns, stock, and farm equipment optional. Additional parcels feature brick homes in South Bluefield and lots on Church and Logan streets with cash prices. Contact numbers provided for interested buyers.
Notice of sale by special commissioners under a 1944 Chancery decree in the T. K. Leedy et al suit. Two parcels of land in Bluefield Virginia to be sold at public auction on a Sunday in July 1944 at 2:00 to 2:30 PM at the Town Hall front door. Sale cash with taxes, subject to liens and claims for damages against the Sanitary Board. Bond posted with clerk approval. Official certification by Clerk H Elmer Kisser.
The Associated Press reports 1944 stock averages rise to a new high while market activity shows 2,236,780 shares traded. The figures reflect broad investor demand and daily fluctuations in the market tone.
Cattle trading remains slow with slaughter classes easing. Steers hold near last week’s levels while cows and bulls drift lower on low grade lots. Calves steady with dealers paying 16 to 17 for good and choice, 11 for medium.
Market report shows hogs active and steady with Saturday trade. barrows and gilts 180-270 lbs mostly good to choice at 14.30 to 14.60 with tops near 14.75. Sows under 400 lbs around 10.00, over 400 lbs lower. Sheep active and steady. spring lambs 70 lbs and up quoted 15.75 to 16.75. fat wooled slaughter ewes around 7.50, smaller lots 6.00 lower.
In Pittsburgh on June 12 the wholesale market shows steady demand for potatoes with 49 carloads moving. U S No 1 Alabama Bliss Triumphs sell from 3 50 to 4 00 per 100 lb sack, with regional varieties including South Carolina and North Carolina offerings and graded Eyes in several sizes.
Market update shows egg receipts at 42 8620 cases with wholesale prices for various sizes and grades. Butter prices listed by grade and score, with OPA maximums for bulk cartons delivered in New York and tub prices slightly higher by four cents per pound.
Local Bluefield and Princeton organizations plan Flag Day observances on Wednesday. Bluefield hosts a meeting at a Raleigh Bland home with Henry Fortune and the Bluefield orchestra performing string music, followed by a parade including the Drum and Bugle corps and State Guard to the Elks club for the service led by Percy Durrell of Mercer Camp No 21 United Spanish War Veterans who will discuss the evolution of the national flag.
A Tazewell livestock sale summary shows mixed bids across cattle and hogs with price deltas and volume figures. report notes heavy hogs and lighter offerings not sold in time. The note adds a linguistic aside estimating average American vocabulary at 25 000 to 35 000 words.
A short classified notice advertises buyers seeking seven or eight inexpensive houses in a nearby location for real estate acquisition.
Treasury Department notice states that a 1936 Chevrolet Coupe with motor and serial numbers was seized in Summers County West Virginia on charges of violating Internal Revenue Laws. Claimants must file a claim and cost bond at the Charleston West Virginia office by July 6 1944 to recover the vehicle.
In Chicago on June 12 deferred wheat futures slid to season's lows amid thin buying and scattered short covering. Cash wheat No 1 hard priced at 1.62 with barley and malt trades noted and various seeds listed with nominal values.
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